Battery Fire in Starett City

On the morning of June 11, 2023, East Rochesterfirefighters responded to West Commercial Street forthe report of an MVA. Crews arrived to find a carthat had hit the side of a church. Crews rendered medical aid to the victim and found no signs of structural damage to the church.

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Alithium-ion battery exploded in a public hallway on Vandalia Avenue in the Starett City section of Brooklyn, on July 3, 2023. Units used two watercans to knock down the fire that sent smoke throughout the hallway and into apartments. Members of Squad Company 252 removed the battery from the 16-story building. An all-hands assignment was used.